An Ohio man was hauled into court Friday after a Thursday incident in which Rep. Max Miller, a Republican from Ohio, says he was run off the road.
The driver of the other car allegedly shouted anti-Semitic slurs at Miller.
Feras S. Hamdan faces a misdemeanor charge of menacing with an ethnic intimidation specification, because Miller is Jewish, according to WJW-TV.
At Hamdan’s arraignment, Rocky River Municipal Court Judge Joseph Burke set the suspect’s bond at $500,000. Rocky River Prosecutor Michael O’Shea had sought a $25,000 personal recognizance bond.
“Threats against elected officials — I’m just not gonna tolerate that,” Burke said, referencing the weekend slayings of a Minnesota legislator and her husband.
“These are real serious allegations here. It’s not gonna happen on my watch. Someone’s gonna get harmed,” he said.
If and when Hamdan makes bail, he will be on GPS monitoring and will have to surrender his passport.
Miller posted on X about the incident, writing, “The deranged hatred in this country has gotten out of control.”
The deranged hatred in this country has gotten out of control. Today I was run off the road in Rocky River, and the life of me and my